Mark 6:9 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁹ but were to wear sandals and take only one coat.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ but be shod with sandals; and not put on two coats.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ But to go with sandals on their feet and not to put on two tunics (undergarments).

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ but to go shod with sandals: and, said he, put not on two coats.

Common English Bible

⁹ He told them to wear sandals but not to put on two shirts.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ but to wear sandals, and not to wear two tunics.

Mark 6:9 Cross References

Acts 12:8

The angel [then] said to him, “Put on your belt and sandals,” so he did. Then the angel said, “Throw your [outer] robe around you and follow me.”

Ephesians 6:15

And put on your shoes, ready to [go and] spread the Gospel of peace.

Matthew 3:11

“I certainly am immersing you in water following [your] repentance, but the One who follows me [i.e., in my ministry], whose sandals I do not deserve to remove [as His slave], will immerse you people with the Holy Spirit and with fire [i.e., the punishment in hell. See verses 10 and 12].

Matthew 10:10

or a traveling bag [for personal belongings], or a change of jackets or shoes, or [even] a walking stick [Note: By comparing this and the restriction in Matt. 10:10 with the permission given in Mark 6:8, the harmony seems to be “if you do not already have a walking stick, do not get one”]. For the worker deserves having his food provided.

Mark 6:8

and ordered them not to take anything with them during their travels, except a walking stick. They were to take no food, no traveling bag [for personal belongings], and no money in their money belts,

Mark 6:10

And He said to them; “Wherever you enter a house, stay there until you leave that place.